theorywatch

Obviously the idea that “ready reference” is dead, as I suggested in my last post, is wrong. It’s just being privatized. I came across this mention of ChaCha in a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer about new ways of cheating on exams, but presumably it has both more applications and implications than that.

(Oh, by the way: don’t bother to apply to become a ChaCha “guide.” Apparently the pay is “up to 20 cents per question successfully answered by top performers.” That actually makes library salaries look pretty decent….)